Wollaston Beach
Wollaston Beach is a beach in Massachusetts, at a recorded elevation of 0 m. Chickatawbut Hill stands 156 m to the south-southwest, 4.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Wollaston Beach Playground, a park 0.3 miles away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 4.9 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 0 m
How to reach it
- 4.9 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
- 11.2 mi off the Battle Road Scenic Byway, National
- 27.0 mi off the Essex Coastal Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Skywalk Observatory · 6 mi
- Sunset Ledge · 21 mi
- Lookout Point · 25 mi
- Eagle Rock · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Wollaston Beach Playground: 0.3 mi
- Irving B. Patten Park: 0.4 mi
- Cavanaugh Stadium: 0.6 mi
- Rufe's Hummock: 0.9 mi
- Welcome Young Park: 1.0 mi
- Josiah Quincy House: 0.6 mi
- Dorothy Quincy Homestead: 1.6 mi
- Quincy Historical Society Museum & Library: 1.9 mi
- Pierce House: 2.2 mi
- Commonwealth Museum: 2.6 mi
- Mount Wollaston: 1.5 mi
- Forbes Hill: 1.8 mi
- Presidents Hill: 2.1 mi
- Popes Hill: 2.3 mi
- Milton Hill: 2.7 mi
- The Lone Sailor: 1.5 mi
- Constitution Common: 1.8 mi
- John Adams: 2.1 mi
- Abigail Adams: 2.1 mi
- John Hancock: 2.1 mi
- Columbia Point Community Garden: 3.1 mi
- Fanny Lou Hamer Community Garden: 3.2 mi
- Wheatland Avenue Community Garden: 3.4 mi
- Spencer Street Community Garden: 3.4 mi
- Audrey Jacobs Memorial Community Garden: 3.5 mi
- Moswetuset Hummock Historical Marker: 0.8 mi
- Departed Knights of Columbus Memorial: 0.9 mi
- Naval Air Station Squantum Ammunition Bunkers: 1.1 mi
- Moon Island Flume Pilings: 1.6 mi
- Myles Standish cairn: 1.6 mi
- Orchard Beach: 1.2 mi
- Nickerson Beach: 1.5 mi
- Norton Road Beach: 1.8 mi
- Tenean Beach: 1.8 mi
- Shea Beach: 2.0 mi
- Quincy Shore Reservation: 1.0 mi
- Furnace Brook Parkway: 1.3 mi
- Neponset River Reservation: 2.0 mi
- Fernald Terrace Rock: 3.4 mi
- Eaton's Pond Conservation Land: 3.6 mi
- United First Parish Church: 2.1 mi
- John Adams Birthplace: 2.9 mi
- John Quincy Adams Birthplace: 2.9 mi
- USS Salem: 3.4 mi
- Wildebeest: 4.2 mi
- Babcock Arboretum: 0.6 mi
- Nature's Pavilion: 4.2 mi
- Oak Lea: 4.3 mi
- Pine Knoll: 4.3 mi
- Stella Tirrell Picnic Area: 8.2 mi
- Boathouse: 7.0 mi
- Keeper's Dwelling: 7.0 mi
- Oil Shed: 7.0 mi
- Boston Light: 7.0 mi
- Rainshed: 7.0 mi
- Commissioners Landing: 6.2 mi
- Westwood Rest Area: 8.7 mi
- Interstate 95 Rest Area: 23.2 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 23.9 mi
- Rock Falls: 5.6 mi
- Cascade Falls: 11.8 mi
- Pakomet Spring: 5.7 mi
- Quarry Spring: 11.7 mi
- Haywardville: 13.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 6.7 miles of Wollaston Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chickatawbut Hill | SSW 212° | 156 m | 4.8 mi |
| Hancock Hill | SW 225° | 155 m | 6.1 mi |
| Fenno Peak | SSW 211° | 151 m | 4.7 mi |
| Buck Hill | SW 215° | 151 m | 5.6 mi |
| Nahanton Hill | SSW 210° | 145 m | 4.5 mi |
| Hemenway Hill | SW 226° | 140 m | 6.3 mi |
| Kitchamakin Hill | SSW 210° | 133 m | 4.6 mi |
| Tucker Hill | SW 219° | 133 m | 6.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:48 | 18:19 | 18:56 |
| June solstice | 05:08 | 19:42 | 20:25 |
| September equinox | 06:32 | 18:06 | 18:43 |
| December solstice | 07:10 | 15:30 | 16:15 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 30 | 32 | 38 | 49 | 58 | 68 | 74 | 73 | 66 | 55 | 45 | 36 |
| Precip in | 3.4 | 3.2 | 4.2 | 3.6 | 3.2 | 3.9 | 3.3 | 3.2 | 3.6 | 4.0 | 3.7 | 4.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Boston, 6 mi away.
The nearest NOAA station publishes daily tide predictions.
NOAA CO-OPS station Neponset, Neponset River, MA, 2 mi away — today’s predictions live there.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/358275215
Day trips start here
- Quincy · 2 mi
- Boston/Dorchester · 3 mi
- Boston Harbor Islands · 4 mi
- Boston/South Boston · 4 mi
- Milton · 4 mi
- Boston/Jamaica Plain-Mission Hill · 5 mi
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